ReviewSeminars in perinatology2017
Improving hospital quality to reduce disparities in severe maternal morbidity and mortality.
Review in Seminars in perinatology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systems Factors Contributing to Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Health: A Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Pooled it
- Social Determinants of Pregnancy-Related Mortality and Morbidity in the United States: A Systematic Review.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Pooled it
- Can Birth Hospital Explain Racial/Ethnic Differences in Cesarean Birth Among Low-Risk Births? An Analysis of California Data, 2007-2018.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Midwifery Care and Doula Support for Black Women in the United States: A Systematic Review of Maternal, Birth, and Infant Outcomes.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Review
- Cardiovascular-Related Maternal Mortality.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2026Review
- What is pregnancy and what is disease? a critique of Smajdor and Räsänen's "is pregnancy a disease? a normative approach".Monash bioethics review · 2026Article
- Measuring Severe Maternal Morbidity: Current Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2026Review
- Levels of in-facility maternal mortality, obstetric complications and stillbirths in three urban referral hospitals in Guinea: analysis of routine data from May 2021 to April 2023.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Determinants of sustained physician engagement in obstetric QI: a TICD-guided qualitative study.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
- "I will breastfeed until the pandemic has ceased to protect her at all costs": a qualitative analysis of black breastfeeding mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic.International breastfeeding journal · 2026Article
- Decomposing Racial Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity Within Insurance Groups.Health economics · 2025Article
- Severe Maternal Morbidity by Race and Ethnicity and Birth Mode Among Individuals With a Prior Cesarean Birth.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Language barriers and mental health problems of preschool children born very preterm in Germany.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2025Observational
- Family Interviews Improve Health Service Recommendations in Mortality Review Process: A Mixed-Methods Assessment.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- "It's a priority": a qualitative analysis of the implementation of a maternal equity safety bundle in Massachusetts.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- A cluster randomized stepped wedge implementation trial of scale-up approaches to ending pregnancy-related and -associated morbidity and mortality disparities in 12 Michigan counties: rationale and study protocol.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- Determining what matters: data resources for examining maternal health equity.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The Necessity of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training for Obstetrics and Gynecology: A Department-Wide Needs Assessment of an Academic Obstetrics and Gynecology Department.Health equity · 2025Article
- Perinatal Outcomes of Immigrant Mothers and Their Infants Born Very Preterm across Germany.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Association of Postpartum Mental Illness Diagnoses with Severe Maternal Morbidity.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Significant racial/ethnic disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality exist in the United States. Black women are 3-4 times more likely to die a pregnancy-related death as compared with white women. Growing research suggests that hospital quality may be a critical lever for improving outcomes and narrowing disparities. This overview reviews the evidence demonstrating that hospital quality is related to maternal mortality and morbidity, discusses the pathways through which these associations between quality and severe maternal morbidity generate disparities, and concludes with a discussion of possible levers for action to reduce disparities by improving hospital quality.
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